12.03.09-24.03.09 commit summary

• The location of trunk was changed to https://supertuxkart.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/supertuxkart/main/trunk.

SuperTuxKart "Irrlicht version" is now the main focus, hence the short list of changes.
But don't worry, the following is a short summary of the changes regarding the Irrlicht version.

• One kart (Tux) and two tracks (Beach and Lighthouse) was implemented, together with items and a preliminary graphical user interface.

Doesn't sound like much has happened? Well, remember this is only a short summary, and there's really a lot of work behind those few lines in this blog post. First, the developers needs to rewrite the old code to have a good foundation for more features later on. So it will obviously take some time before the Irrlicht version will be playable in the right meaning of the word.
Also, I'm not writing from a programmer's view, hence the somewhat dull summary. ;P

Anyway, as the time goes by, I'll give some peeks of the development and the new features that'll come.
And remember, if you want to help out with SuperTuxKart you're most certainly welcome.

PS: Regarding the screenshots of STK "Irrlicht version" my main computer just broke down, so it might take a while before my promise will be a reality.

01.03.09-11.03.09 commit summary

• An improvement for the 'Mozilla' kart was added
• Catalan translation was added
• New track 'Secret Garden' was added, to make sure it won't be forgotten for 0.7
• Configuration and highscore files in Windows are now stored in $APPDATA/supertuxkart (instead of .). This avoids problems with losing configuration and highscores when uninstalling the game (e.g. while installing a newer version)

Lots of work on the Irrlicht part has been done lately. Actually, it's so much I won't write any of it here, but I'll rather make a more informative post once I've got some questions cleared out with the developers (things are changing quite rapidly now).

20.02.09-28.02.09 commit summary

• The music for 'Snow Mountain' was updated
• Lots of texture replacements due to unwanted licenses were made
  
• Better explosion handling was implemented

The Irrlicht implementation is still progressing nicely. Height computation, items that rotates and can be collected, and improved XML handling/support is among the work done in the last days.

13.02.09-17.02.09 commit summary

• Slowdown removed when being off-track in 'Canyon' (since karts would not be able to drive at all on the uphill section)
• Czech translation was added
• AI steering made less shaky, and as a side effect AI is easier to push away
  
• Some texture improvements, and licenses are now more in terms with Debian standards
  

06.02.09 - 12.02.09 commit summary

• New kart named Puffy was added

• Mr. Iceblock was updated
  
• Track- and kart-specific textures are now automatically used instead of textures in data/textures (in cases where there are two files with the same name)

0.7 work is progressing; tracks and kart models are now loaded, with physics and some visuals.
Note: the SVN version isn't using Irrlicht yet, in order to be fully playable.

25.01.09 - 05.02.09 commit summary

• Compilation fixes were made, among them GCC 4.4 fix
  
• New music for 'Snow Mountain' track
• 'Fort Magma' driveline tweaking
• Several track and character selection issues fixed
  
• A fullscreen to window mode bug was fixed
• The camera "jump" at race start was fixed
• 'Wilber' & 'Hexley' were made bigger
• Terrain dependent slowdown when reversing added
  
• Old config file bug was fixed
• Improved run script for Linux added
• 'Cave X' battle arena added
• A few texture improvements were made
  
• Various other bug fixes and code cleanup were accomplished
  

The developers have reported that they are making good progress with the switch from PLIB to Irrlicht, but currently there are no visible changes in trunk.

STK 0.6.1 work is mostly finished, but some work is still needed for the release; let's see what the next days can bring in this regard.